Introduction:

Welcome to ShySky.com. Glad to see you here!

We at ShySky are a small group of family and
friends working to bring the
advantages of solar energy and DIY green energy projects to the people
who need it most, but can't
afford
it. One goal is to introduce the parabolic curve to people, who in turn
can
take this concept and adapt and modify it for their benefit.

What is a parabolic curve?

It's a fancy math equation that helps
design curves so that they
reflect light, heat, radio and satellite signals to a "focus point",
enhancing
the strength of the light, heat or signals.

Example of how a parabolic solar
reflector can be used to boil water, which can then distill drinking
water from salt water:

The reflective cone in a flashlight helps focus
and intensify the light.
The glass lid on a pot or pan is a parabolic curve that reflects the
heat
back to the food in the pot. Satellite dishes use the principals of
parabolic
curves to focus and intensify the TV signals they receive.

And using this same parabolic shape is also great
for collecting and focusing
the free solar energy our sun gives us every day.

But people don't have to be mathematicians to
exploit this shape. The really
smart guys have already done all the work. All people need to do is
have
access to this shape and concepts and they can apply them to
various
materials they may have in their local areas.

For example, if someone lives in an area with a
lot of clay for pottery,
it is possible for them to use a satellite dish as a "mold" for the
parabolic
shape, creating a clay "dish" in the same shape as the satellite dish,
creating
a homemade solar energy collector. Then adding reflective materials
such
as broken mirrors chips or scrap aluminum or foil, they can
produce
their own parabolic "mirrors" to harness the power of the sun.

Solar power isn't just about generating
electricity. It can also be used to cook as well as pasteurize and
desalinate water. There
are Mongolian tribes that use woven ox and horse hair with foil to
create parabolic dishes that are lightweight so they can be carried on
horse back. They use these dishes to cook food and boil water, saving
them the trouble of having to constantly find fire wood to do the same
thing.

If locals don't have access to these materials, we hope
to help some of them and
teach them the basics of collecting and reflecting the power of the sun
and
supply them with the basic tools and materials not available in their
area to be able to clean and distill water,
and
for cooking their food without the need of firewood.

In poor areas around the World, too many trees
are being cut to use
for heating and fuel to cook food and boil water for drinking. For
poor
people, gathering wood can take time from education and productive
work,
as well as increase the deforestation of surrounding areas, wood can
also
be very expensive. And burning more wood increases pollution, and
regardless
of your thoughts on climate change, pollution is a known health concern
for
all of us.

Millions
and millions of poor people live next to
oceans, but have no regular
source of quality, drinkable water. A solar still is a perfect tool for
people
needing to desalinate saltwater to make it drinkable. They just need
the simple knowledge and some very basic materials to make it happen.

Boosting Local Economies

Selling quality water has been the foundation for
businesses for centuries
and centuries. From our research we've found that the average cost for
a
liter (about a quart) of clean, bottled water is 50 cents in developing
countries.. Someone equipped locally with the tools needed to distill
or
boil water using solar power can produce a liter of water for mere
pennies.
Not only can they sell the water for a profit, they can also sell it
more
cheaply, benefiting buyers and sellers alike.

We hope to offer "micro loans" to people of need,
lending them the solar
equipment needed and allowing them to pay us back as they generate
profits
from selling clean water or from the sale of the solar distillers and
ovens.
As they pay us back, we use that money to do the same for someone
else...And
on and on...

Some Water-Related Health Estimates:

Over a billion people, which is approx. 1 out of 6 people in
the World and 54% of Africans, don't have clean water to drink.

Sick people connected to poor water quality fill 50% of the
planets hospital beds and over 5000 kids die every day.

The average African and Asian women walk about 4 miles a day,
just to collect water and kids all around the planet miss an education
because of the time spent getting water.

80 percent of diseases in developing countries are caused by
poor water quality and in much of Asia twice as many people die from
diarrhea than from HIV.

Solar Power Isn't Perfect...But It's Still Great

We know solar powered energy isn't perfect and that it
depends upon sunny days and it won't replace all wood burning. But it
is a very good addition to the resource list of many people around the
World.

We are set out to bring the wonderful power of our sun to
as many impoverished folks as we possibly can.

Also, ShySky.com is dedicated to helping everyone try to
become more energy self-reliant using various DYI green energy
projects.

ShySky.com also focuses on "brainstorming" to
help get
your creative juices flowing so you may be the next creator of a
break-through in green energy.

We also show you ways to "scalvage" to find free
and
cheap materials for your DYI gren energy projects, as well as giving
you tons of
possibilities for making and saving money from green energy.